hope theyre not as big as a poptart
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Good news: It's not the size of a pop-tart.
Bad News: Cherry cobbler.
What a gorgeous creature
Put a cracker on his head and called it macaroni 🎶
unholy cracker
Why pop tart have legs?
to go up the spout again!
Looks like something Rick and Morty would dream up.
What is the evolutionary benefit of looking like a cracker?
In the US it would have 6.3 times more wealth.
Please do not the spider
Literally the only spider I've ever felt the urge to grab
tbf you could, they’re apparently as tiny as those little jumping spiders
How do you know until you try... And hungry
Pie-der
Polly want a cracker.
this comment section murdered me with puns
There are related species in the SE United States.
Spinybacked orbweavers?
That's the one! Used to catch them as a kid briefly and put them back in their web. I always made sure spiders didn't get harmed. Cool little guys.
Neat little things, I used to find them in the citrus trees my family had in the backyard as a kid.
Wow. She looks like a little square apple pastry. That’s nuts!
Yummy
I love her 💚
The females look way more metal than that.
That is the female spider just from underneath. This is what I found when looking for what male vs female look like. OP’s picture is also a female and I still love her 💚
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoxya_tabulata
The female spiders, especially orbweavers, always look way cooler than the males. I had a argiope argentata in my yard last year that looked like she had a skull for an abdomen, she was massive and the male was so tiny that it was hard to get a clear picture of him!
Male:
Female:
I know most people would shudder at me saying this, but…
They’re so adorable!
I don’t shudder at all, I’m a total spider and insect fan. They are absolutely adorable! ☺️
Actually, I just remembered I found a different male near the front door and grabbed a better picture with the macro lens for my phone. He was really small!
Wow, look like the cracker and the beehive are going together